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The Golden State Warriors are defending champions for the second time in three years heading into this year’s 2017 NBA playoffs. After many years of not making it to the Promised Land, the Warriors are poised to make a run at the championship for the next several years. As great as this team is collectively […]

Shaquille O’Neal is among the greatest scorers in NBA history, but he could’ve been that much better had he become better than a 53 percent career free throw shooter. A popular solution for Shaq’s free throw shooting woes was Rick Barry’s famous “granny style” underhand technique, which saw Barry finish as the fourth-best free throw […]

Golden State Warriors legend Rick Barry is hopeful point guard Stephen Curry can break his franchise record of 60 straight free throws made in the very near future. Curry has gotten off to an unforeseen aggressive start from the line, netting double-digit makes in three of his first four games of the season, now totaling […]

Free throws. Free throws never change. Or as Rick Barry, a 90 percent career free throw shooter would put it: “It’s the only part of the game that’s a constant. It’s always the same distance, it’s always the same ball, and it’s always the same size basket. It’s the only part of the game you […]

Despite previous efforts to keep his interviews to strictly basketball matters, Golden State Warriors legend Rick Barry couldn’t resist to give his opinion on the Charlottesville scrutiny President Donald Trump has faced during the last few days. “It’s a disgrace to the world, to our country, what they’re doing,” Barry told USA TODAY Sports after coaching the […]

After witnessing how good Kevin Durant played in the recently concluded NBA Finals, many have been impressed with him and even compared his production in those five games to some of the best in league history. Warriors legend Rick Barry chimed in on the conversation and gave his thoughts on where the eight-time All-Star’s performance […]

The Golden State Warriors have worked their way to a third consecutive NBA Finals appearance behind an unblemished run through the Western Conference holding a 12-o record. Despite that, Hall of Famer and former Warriors great Rick Barry is concerned with the play of All-Star guard Klay Thompson up to this point in the postseason, […]

One of the NBA’s greatest players of all time recently took a shot at the number of players in the league today who have a very low shooting percentage from the free throw line. Rick Barry, who made a name for himself for his unconventional shooting technique, criticized the players who average less than 70 […]

On Monday night, Houston Rockets‘ center Chinanu Onuaku debuted his underhand free throws during his team’s game against the Phoenix Suns. Many were surprised that he shot it “granny style” and at the same time impressed as he made both of his attempts to the delight of the home crowd and his teammates sitting on […]

Nate Thurmond, one of the NBA’s greatest centers to ever play, passed away this morning. He had been battling leukemia for quite some time but has now seen an end to that hard battle. He was drafted 3rd overall in the 1963 by the San Francisco Warriors and played his career on three different teams. […]

In the 2016 NBA postseason, the level of competition certainly rose to something outstanding. However, some of these enhanced efforts to win have turned into overt physicality, and these instances not being called is becoming a common theme in the playoffs. While some players have had trouble with blatant fouls, others have had instances where they had […]